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X2Power AGM battery Scott T-Bird at 6:01pm 04.20.22 Ask All Sailors 21/3549 So I made sort of an impulse purchase today, with some research involved. Looking for an AGM batt t
Anchor woes (2) fred1diver at 2:30pm 04.20.22 Ask All Sailors 13/1690
Advice on gelcoat delamination on keel (2) Razzler at 12:08pm 04.20.22 Ask All Sailors 5/1215 Hi All, I just acquired at 1984 Catalina 27 and am going through and updating systems. I scraped the
Yanmar 4JH3E Prop- RPM at full load Silverman at 10:33am 04.20.22 Engines and Propulsion 8/2064 Hello, I just returned from a boat survey for a Moody 42 CC, Bill Dixon design. Survey was in MD US
Fuel Tank Location Plymouth Sailor at 8:59am 04.20.22 Irwin 1/1000 Just bought a 28 1972, the fuel tank was remove and placed in cockpit previous to my ownership. Doe
Dimensions for a Catalina 28 Tall rig flando at 6:27am 04.20.22 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/1083 I am currently away from my boat and need to know the diameter of my head stay wire and outside diam
Reverse Polarity Problem c07chrisjohnson at 7:01pm 04.19.22 Big Boats 14/4706 Aloha, I recently moved to a new marina and started having reverse polarity problems. At my prior m
Oceanair screen installation on Passage 42 forepeak hatch Paul Cossman at 6:58pm 04.19.22 Big Boats 0/308 Has anyone installed an Oceanair screen on their Passage 42 forepeak hatch? (It appears that the st
Epoxy and stainless steel. NYSail at 6:21pm 04.19.22 Ask All Sailors 13/1418 So have a project to do with epoxying a threaded coupling to fiberglass. A male npt / 5/8 nipple wi
40.5: Replacing Clutches (4) svAtargatis at 6:11pm 04.19.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/1108 The clutches on my boat are pretty worn out. Several of them won't stay open or in the position I p
41' sailboat dry storage for long term (months) DIY? eberhardt.kalmar.huhn@outlook. at 5:05pm 04.19.22 Ask All Sailors 5/461 Ahoy, me mates! I'm looking for a dry storage facility that allows DIY in, or around the Los Angeles
Beneteau Oceanis 381 Folding steering wheel? Brad Cross at 1:33pm 04.19.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1022
Newbie questions Xstream at 1:22pm 04.19.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/961 Been awhile since I've posted on this forum, but to update my progress: I am using a 13.5 gallon fl
Looking for a new home for 82 Hunter 33 Interior (6) kadiru at 1:19pm 04.19.22 The Cherubini Hunters 0/2 Hi, Looking for a new home for our 1982 H33 interior. I pretty much have everything except the door
Fresh water flush Xstream at 12:54pm 04.19.22 Ask All Sailors 26/3398 I have a Jabsco twist and lock manual toilet: # 29090-5000 that I have installed in a restoration o
Rigid Furler/Reefer mast raising gkeiser at 10:39am 04.19.22 Ask An Oday Owner 4/931 Hi everyone. I've read many of the O'Day Mast raising threads here, but haven't seen any that discus
Need to install gates in lifelines.. Crimper suggestions ? Leeward Rail at 7:35am 04.19.22 Ask All Sailors 31/3927 Hello All, I want to install some gates in the lifelines, so i need to shorten them and crimp on ne
What's going on with Marlow Hunter? Rohan at 7:17am 04.19.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/5854 Does anyone know? Last year, I heard that Hunter stopped making their larger boats as they had a dis
Looking for suggestions for a free Wordpress template for a sailing club website. Leeward Rail at 7:08am 04.19.22 Ask All Sailors 3/500 Good Morning All, I am in the process of creating an improved website for our sailing club, and was
Southbound on a Catalina 310 (1) Anon 156829 at 9:33pm 04.18.22 Catalina 310 2/876 We are looking at taking our 2004 Catalina 310 (hull #268) down south from Lake Ontario (most likely

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Source for bulk ring terminals? Timm R Oday25 at 11:34am 03.17.25 Newark electronics , Hamiltom Marine are two reputeable sources
What is name of a block's attachment point? JBP-PA at 11:27am 03.17.25 Gotta love sailors, several words for everything. Ideally in a totally different context from norma
Source for bulk ring terminals? (1) jssailem at 11:24am 03.17.25 I cant stand crimping them I have been using a rachet crimp tool on all types of terminals. Just a
Hydro of CNG tank - HELP Richard19068 at 11:23am 03.17.25 A Google search revealed this company. CNG Fuel System \| Technician Jacksonville Maybe ask a mod
Towing Cat 22 with CX9 Tedd at 11:20am 03.17.25 The other thing to watch out for is overheating the transmission - tow packages often add a transmi
Hydro of CNG tank - HELP Richard19068 at 11:17am 03.17.25 Here is an outlying idea. Get a regular scuba tank valve, swap that inplace of your CNG valve and
Can gasket tape ahere to hdpe? jssailem at 11:15am 03.17.25 HDPE is not friendly with adhesives. Some heat approaches change the molecular structure (scorching)
MRBF fuse on disconnect terminal LloydB at 11:01am 03.17.25 Minimal unless Clancy's been around. (again)
What is name of a block's attachment point? (1) Foswick at 10:45am 03.17.25 When a shackle is attached to a block in that fashion, it is also know as a becket. Becket is one o
Towing Cat 22 with CX9 majorkong1 at 10:44am 03.17.25 We've towed a C-22 for 10+ years now; never cross-country, but up to ~300 miles. We towed her home
Traditional Stuffing or Dripless? BigEasy at 10:40am 03.17.25 Ancasta replied to my inquiry, saying that they have a 6 week lead time on the part :(. The irony o
MRBF fuse on disconnect terminal Davidasailor26 at 10:38am 03.17.25
Early 80s H36 Strut rardiH36 at 10:34am 03.17.25 Yes, coming up with solutions with old boat DIY is fun! Sometimes when I am working on a project in
Towing Cat 22 with CX9 AaronD at 10:33am 03.17.25 We've towed a C-22 for 10+ years now; never cross-country, but up to ~300 miles. We towed her home w
Source for bulk ring terminals? colemj at 10:32am 03.17.25 Is there a difference between crimping non-heat shrink and heat shrink terminals? I have both and h
Why Don't You Use ActiveCaptain? Captain Larry-DH at 10:31am 03.17.25 The premise that a new app (no matter how good the potential) could quickly become the "defacto" cal
Source for bulk ring terminals? Stu Jackson at 10:21am 03.17.25 Any decent hardware store soon became my favorite marine store! :) Get regular terminals and seal
What is name of a block's attachment point? stickinthemud57 at 10:12am 03.17.25 One alternative would be to pass a bolt though the end of the block and make a Dyneema soft shackle.
MRBF fuse on disconnect terminal dlochner at 10:07am 03.17.25 Lots of good stuff here! Thanks for all the feed back. Followup on the MRBF fuse - I took a skim o
Pearson 303 Cutlass Bearing Help jssailem at 10:06am 03.17.25 A marine boat worker was doing the same job on a power boat next to mine. He agreed that some of the

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